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lumpy form ; and, unfortunately, at some shows this method 
of staging the blooms is encouraged, to the disadvantage of 
an artistic display. It is to be hoped, as men grow wiser 
and appreciate the true value of the flowers, that due regard 
will be paid to their more pleasing disposition in the vases. 
Arranging Disbudded Blooms. — Such flowers need to 
be arranged with greater care, or their appearance in 
the vase may be somewhat heavy. They should be so 
arranged as to stand out distinctlv, one from the other, and 
that they may not be too formal, just one here and there 
should be raised slightly above its neighbour in the vase ; in 
this way removing a too rigid outline, and giving a finish 
which would be impossible otherwise. 
In defining a class of this kind, care should be taken to 
stipulate how many blooms should be set up in each vase of 
disbudded flowers, otherwise this method of staging them may 
lead to some disagreement. It is also stipulated in some 
of these competitions that chrysanthemum foliage only may 
be used as an embellishment. In all cases where this is so, 
additional foliage should be added by cutting sprays from 
some of the outdoor sorts, on which the buds have not 
developed satisfactorily or fully. When setting up disbudded 
flowers, almost the whole of the foliage on the lower portion 
of the stem should be removed, otherwise the strain upon 
the resources of the flower will cause it to collapse much 
quicker than is the case where the foliage is removed. 
Staging the Exhibits. — When the flowers are set 
up on the tables, etc., at the exhibition, the vases should 
be arranged in rows two or three deep, and the back and 
middle rows raised sufficiently high that the whole of the 
flowers may be seen. If this be done a very pleasing display 
will be made, but if exhibited as a whole on one level the 
exhibit will lose much of its charm. The great need, after 
all, is to exhibit these flowers in such a way that their value 
in the outdoor garden may be properly illustrated, and by 
arranging them loosely and artistically in the vases, as we 
have endeavoured to lay down, there is every prospect of this 
idealjbeing achieved. Also, when finally determining the 
